Well, today was my first speed workout since my injury and only my second or third since Grandmas in June. I feel like I 've let the summer get away from me.
My coach suggested a tempo run of 8M with the first 6M at 5:30 and the last two at 5:05-5:10. To be perfectly honest, I was nervous the whole morning about being able to even hit the 5:30s let alone the 5:10s. But after enough procrastinating, I headed out to the Sammamish River Trail to do the workout. Fortunately, it was overcast and very cool.
Averaged 5:23 on each of the first six miles but knew very quickly there would be no 5:10s in my future today. So I quit the workout after the first six miles actually pleased -- albeit tired -- that I was able to do that and that I had zero residual effects from the injury. I won't consider myself out of the woods in that regard until after Saturday's workout which is an interval workout with shorter, faster repeats. | 